Charles Paul Lewis has spent most of the last 15 years travelling and working in Eastern Europe as a journalist, editor and business consultant. He was Bureau Chief for the Economist Intelligence Unit in Vienna, covering political, economic and business developments in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union.

• Introduction The Chance of a Lifetime What about the Workers? Communities Saved Industries Lost and Found Shopping, Selling & Marketing A Phoenix from the Ashes: An Economy Reborn Translucency in Government A Template for Development: MNC's, the EU and the IMF Conclusion

'...explains brilliantly how so much of post-communist Europe came right.' - Robert Cottrell, East European Correspondent, The Economist 'a groundbreaking new book...an array of fresh and arresting perspectives that should cause everyone to rethink their prejudices about the entire globalization debate.' - Robin Shepherd, Washington Times 'A most useful and original analysis.' - George C. Lodge, Professor Emeritus, Harvard Business School, USA